| 6:30-7:00 |
Registration
& Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00-7:30 |
Introduction
and Overview |
| 7:30-8:00 |
Your
Role as an Independent Medical Examiner:
The
role of the independent medical examination in the claims process and
legal arena is reviewed. This includes a discussion of the legal,
ethical, and practical day-to-day challenges faced by independent
medical examiners. The seminar leader elicits and utilizes the personal
experiences of the attendees in a small-group format to facilitate the
discussion. |
| 8:00-9:00 |
What
Clients Are Looking for in Your Evaluation, Report and in You:
We
discuss what insurers, self-insurers, employers, fact finders, and
attorneys are really looking for in workers' compensation, personal
injury, and disability IME reports. Clients' desires and expectations
are fully explored. You will understand the relationship among serving
the client, maintaining your integrity, and achieving success as an
independent medical examiner.
|
| 9:00-9:30 |
The Excellent IME
Report: An In-depth View with demonstrations:
The
attributes of an excellent IME report are discussed. Attendees critique
good and poor reports to develop an understanding of what needs to be
included in an excellent report and how the report should be structured.
Attendees have the opportunity to share and discuss their report styles.
|
| 9:30-9:45 |
Break and
Networking Opportunity |
| 9:45-10:15 |
The Excellent IME
Report (continued)
|
| 10:15-12:00 |
Perfecting the IME
Process: Pre-Evaluation, Evaluation,
Post-Evaluation
Secrets
to perfecting the IME process are revealed. These techniques enhance
your ability to prepare a high-quality report in a minimum amount of
time. You will learn how to leverage your time through the use of
structured approaches and the effective use of your support staff.
You
will also learn how to obtain needed information during the
pre-evaluation process. The secrets revealed include the use of referral
forms, obtaining needed information at the time of the referral,
assuring that you have complete and organized medical records, and
having the client make a commitment to pay your fee. You learn how to
make use of questionnaires, worksheets, word processing
templates, and support staff to facilitate preparing a quality report. |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch with
Faculty (provided) |
| 1:00-3:15 |
Assessing Subjective
Complaints: Pain and Symptom Magnification: A Practical Approach with
demonstrations:
An efficient
multi-axial approach to assessing the complexities of chronic pain is
presented. A practical conceptual framework is provided and specific
assessment techniques are demonstrated. Attendees learn how to use pain
inventories, including: Pain Drawings, Pain Disability Index, McGill
Pain Questionnaire, Multi-dimensional Pain Inventory, Oswestry
Disability Index, CES-Depression Inventory, and others. Case examples
are provided and the attendees are actively involved in the assessment
process and the use of these pain inventories.
A structured approach
to assessing symptom magnification and malingering is presented. This
includes the use of the history and the medical records, the assessment
of non-physiologic and other behavioral findings, the integration of
these results with pain inventories, and the review of investigative
surveillance material. Attendees learn how to develop supportable
conclusions.
|
| 3:15-3:30 |
Report Critiques
(optional)
Reports provided by
attendees are critiqued. This provides an opportunity for constructive
feedback and understanding of various report styles. |
